A 2003 study on drug use in Kabul carried out by the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime showed that women constitute 4 per cent of heroin users, 9 per cent of hashish users and 29 per cent of opium users, and 56 per cent of the female users interviewed had taken pharmaceutical drugs.
El 56% de las toxicómanas entrevistadas había consumido drogas farmacéuticas.